§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the hon. Member for Wandsworth if he proposes to accept the nomination of the Committee of Selection to act[...]as Chairman of the Committee upon Group 1, Railway Bills.
§ SIR HENRY KIMBER (Wandsworth)While I am quite willing to answer, I should like to ask Mr. Speaker if such a 44 Question from one private Member to another is in order.
§ *MR. SPEAKERThe Question as addressed to a private Member comes extremely near the line of order, but, as the hon. Member is Chairman-elect or Chairman selected of a Committee appointed to sit on the morrow, I do not feel justified in refusing to allow the Question. As to answering it, that is a matter for the hon. Member's own consideration.
§ *SIR HENRY KIMBERMy Answer to the hon. Member is this: neither in view of what took place yesterday, nor in any other view, can I find any reason why I should not perform the duties assigned to me, and in discharging those duties I believe I shall be acting in accordance with a well-established practice in the House. It is my intention so to act.
§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI will return to the subject on the Motion for Adjournment.